There is a message currently circulating (mainly on Facebook I believe) saying that Rob Stanley has been injured in Thailand while doing a beach jump and appealing for funds to pay for his treatment and repatriation..

Since several of these "injured overseas please help" scams were doing the rounds a while ago, Im a bit cynical so would like to know if anyone actually knows Rob Stanley and whether this appeal is genuine?

His facebook profile (with updates and appeals from people who appear to be genuine) is here; https://www.facebook.com/rob.stanley.35175

There is a message currently circulating (mainly on Facebook I believe) saying that Rob Stanley has been injured in Thailand while doing a beach jump and appealing for funds to pay for his treatment and repatriation..

Since several of these "injured overseas please help" scams were doing the rounds a while ago, Im a bit cynical so would like to know if anyone actually knows Rob Stanley and whether this appeal is genuine?

His facebook profile (with updates and appeals from people who appear to be genuine) is here; https://www.facebook.com/rob.stanley.35175

If anyone has first-hand knowledge - please post.

Thanks

Real or not, if you travel internationally you should have a good international medical and evacuation policy.

I have one through iHi Bupa and it was about $300 for a year including a nice fat liability rider.

Real or not, if you travel internationally you should have a good international medical and evacuation policy.

I have one through iHi Bupa and it was about $300 for a year including a nice fat liability rider.

Agreed, but last time I dug through the small print on iHi's policies (before the Nicaragua boogie last year when I bought a policy for it), they'd excluded BASE. I know it used to be a favorite for both skydivers and BASE jumpers, but now it looks like it's no longer an option for BASE. I don't know if the BASE community has discovered a viable alternative.

I wouldn't give money to anyone if they didn't try covering their own ass.

Yet you'll add insult to injury for free. I wouldn't worry -- there is probably no one on the planet losing any sleep about the conditions for your impotent generosity.

I feel sorry for him, I really do, but this is an activity that is totally voluntary, costs a boat load on a good day, and is high risk.

The implication that someone is a bad person because they don't think they should be guilted into helping someone who made the choice to play the odds and not cover their own behind, is wrongly placed blame.

It sounds like he may have insurance but even with insurance I can guarantee the people that are in Thailand helping Rob have put out cash to help get things done. I imagine that the boat ride itself out of Ton Sai was a mission. Insurance may cover his medical bills but there are many other expenses that occur when stuff like this happens over seas.

There is a Russian couple who were BASE jumping with Rob who are helping him while he is in hospital and taking care of things for him. The hospital is a couple hours away from where the accident happened so there are travel and accommodation expenses being paid out of pocket.

I would hope we would all be so lucky to have friends who would help us when these kinds of things happen so far from home.

Super cool guy. Awesome skydiver and Base Jumper. Have you seen the AFF video where the big plane flies right underneath the AFF people? The one that looks at the camera after the plane flies by is him.

Wrongly placed blame??? It sounds like you people are placing blame on Rob, who is sitting in a hospital in Thailand for being a thrill seeker and spending his meager earnings on a fun adventure in his off season.

FYI Base Jumping doesn't have the same high costs as Skydiving.

Yes it's Voluntary! So is making a donation to help out someone that needs help. It's VOLUNTARY. IF you don't want to give or don't agree with a bunch of people trying to help out another person, don't make a donation and shut the fuck up! To the best of my knowledge this is Rob's friends, NOT Rob, trying to raise some money to help get our friend out of a hospital in Thailand.

Why do we have to try and justify why NOT to help a brotha out. Have skydivers really become that mean, nasty, and greedy?

The guy is hurt. Damage done. No sense in being jerks about it at this point.

I am not a skydiver so please excuse any incorrect terminology. I just found this message whilst searching for some information about Rob. My partner and I were in Tonsai when Rob had the accident. A few nights before the accident we had dinner with Rob who shared his BASE jumping experiences with us, talking about the jump at Tonsai and the preparation of packing his shoot; often describing the process as something his mum would be proud of. It's a real shame that Rob wasn't covered by insurance and I sure everyone on Tonsai hopes Rob makes a quick recovery.